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Star Birds

SteamEurope and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Star Birds is a chill factory building and resource management game. Mine asteroids and create brain-twisting production networks. Level by level, you guide your feathered crew to new interstellar horizons!

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Steam clientPC: Windows, macOS. Needs a free Steam account.
Activates in
Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.Activates on accounts registered in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Will not activate on accounts registered in North America, Asia, Latin America or Oceania.
You get
A digital activation keyStandard edition. No disc, no box.
Delivery
To your account and by emailDelivered to your account and by email once it is ready. Some orders get a short manual check first.

Trailers and screenshots

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Star Birds

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About this game

Star Birds is a relaxing factory building and resource management game where you mine asteroids and create production networks. Level by level, you guide your crew to new star systems, each one coming with its own challenges: frosty cold, scorching heat and … wait, is that an alien tentacle?!

No matter if you're a genre veteran or new to factory builders: the Star Birds are happy to have you by their side. The universe is puzzling, and chaos would ensue very quickly without you.

Scan and claim nearby asteroids to mine resources ranging from ice and metals to rather obscure things. Build production facilities and automate the manufacturing of increasingly advanced goods. Deliver products to your space station to fulfill quests that satisfy the needs of your birds, however odd these might be. Establish transportation routes to create a bustling cosmic production network, advance your technology and ultimately take off to foreign star systems to pursue the mysteries of your galaxy!

360° Base Building

Place buildings on procedurally generated asteroids and build your own little worlds floating in space. Use each asteroid's unique shape and available surface to create the perfect production network. Take the role of a cosmic pioneer and strategically place and connect production facilities with hand-drawn-pipes to optimize your resource flow.

Explore and Experiment

Gather resources and explore different ways to transform and combine them into a variety of goods you're going to need for your mission. Investigate the asteroid's surface, overcome unforeseen obstacles and excavate mysterious artifacts.

Missions and Mysteries

Follow strange traces and lead your crew to uncover a big secret awaiting you in the far reaches of your galaxy. Explore and master the oddities of foreign star systems to conclude this adventurous journey.

Automate and Admire

Establish an ever-growing network of production chains throughout your star system. Improve and optimize, or sit back and watch the satisfying rhythm of your bustling space factory.

Collect and Complete
Fill your collection with all the things you find on your journey! Take on bonus challenges and earn shiny medals for perfecting your setup.

Set out for the stars!
Upgrade your space station and research advanced technologies. Unlock new production paths and increase their efficiency to start your journey into the unknown depths of space and uncover its mysteries!

✅ What Star Birds offers ✅

  • 360° building on asteroids ranging from space potato to various easter eggs

  • resource gathering & management mechanics

  • a vibrant art style inspired by kurzgesagt videos (and lots of birds, of course)

  • a mysterious campaign and story with kurzgesagt vibes

  • resources & production processes inspired by real science

  • high replayability on countless procedurally generated asteroids

  • intuitive and satisfying game mechanics

  • a unique and colorful journey through outer space

  • a magpie's nest full of shiny achievements

❌ What Star Birds doesn't offer ❌

  • bird-perspective roleplaying gameplay

  • multiplayer features or BvB (bird vs bird)

  • 4X strategy gameplay

  • realistic simulation and physics (the birds are going through enough in our videos)

Star Birds is made by Toukana Interactive, creators of Dorfromantik, and the curiosity sparking animation studio kurzgesagt – in a nutshell. A match made in space, but also in Germany. With each side extending the other a wing, this collaboration has gone from bad puns about fruit to creating a colorful space mining operation that we're proud to send our birds on.

Speaking of: No birds were harmed in the creation of this game, we promise!

Description, images and details are taken from this product's Steam page.

Details

Developer
Toukana Interactive
Publisher
Toukana Interactive, kurzgesagt - in a nutshell
Released
10 Sep, 2025
Genres
Strategy, Simulation, Indie, Casual
Runs on
Windows, macOS
Activates on
Steam client, Europe and UK
Interface
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish - Latin America
Full audio
English
Controller
Full controller support
  • Single-player
  • Steam Achievements
  • Full controller support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualSense Controller Support
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Family Sharing

System requirements

Windows

Star Birds system requirements on Windows
ComponentMinimumRecommended
OSWIndows 10WIndows 10
ProcessorQuad CoreQuad Core 3GHz
Memory6 GB RAM8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GT1030 or equivalentNVIDIA GTX 1050 or equivalent
Storage3 GB available space3 GB available space
Sound CardIf you don't have one, listen to the Birds outside ;)Have one
macOS
  • Requires an Apple processor
Star Birds system requirements on macOS
ComponentMinimumRecommended
OSmacOS 14 SonomamacOS 15 Sequoia
ProcessorApple SiliconApple Silicon
Memory6 GB RAM8 GB RAM
Storage3 GB available space3 GB available space

Activating it on Steam client

  1. Open the Steam client and sign in.
  2. Choose Games in the top menu, then Activate a Product on Steam.
  3. Paste the key and confirm. It appears in your library.

The key is listed for the Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. region. Read how regions work before you buy.

Star Birds€21.39